Lund Township was established 1 March 1872,
comprised of congressional Township 130 North, Range 40 West. The first meeting
was held at the house of John Wahlin. The original petition asked that the
township be
named Christina, but the name Lund was adopted. About two weeks after the new
township was established, the commissioners received a petition asking that it
be set back in the township of Evansville, to which it had formerly been
attached, but as all the signatures to the petition were in the same
handwriting, it was not given any serious consideration.

The Village of Melby was founded in Lund Township about the
turn of the century as a railroad town and
flourished for many years with a general store, railroad station, and variety of
small businesses. In 1963, they still had a post office, store, gas station,
supper club, and a blacksmith shop. Melby is located in Section 17, just south
of the largest lake in Township, Lake Christina. The only businesses in
operation currently is a convenience store/restaurant/bar built in 1986.

The 1886 Plat Map of Douglas Counties shows a small village of
Kron located in Section 11. At the time, there was a post office and small
general store.

In the 1920ís, the area became a popular redhead and
canvasback duck hunting area due to Lake Christina. The local residents met the
train and transported hunters to their lake retreats. Long time residents of the
area were the Nels Palmquist family. They sold small sites to hunters on which
small hunting cabins were built. Many still exist today.

There were six school districts in Lund Township: District
#104 in Section 1, District 58 in Section 11, District 102 in Section 17 (or 20,
varies with different plat maps), District #35 in Section 25, District #89 in
Section 25, District #38 in Section 31.

Christina Lake Cemetery, Sections 22, is one of
two cemeteries located in Lund Township. The small church located by the
cemetery was, according to early church records, originally Swedish Lutheran.
Across County Road 24, in Section 15, is another small cemetery once referred to
as Mission Cemetery and now part of Christina Lake Cemetery. The earliest graves
are for an elderly woman in 1879 and then a number of small children between
1881 and 1884.

According to records located in the Recorderís Office at the
Douglas County courthouse, the following individuals were the first owners who
received a patent from the U.S. Government on land in Lund Township. The year
noted is the year the patent was recorded; often the individuals had been on the
land one or two years prior to recording the patent.